To exacerbate is to make a situation worse. An example of it used in a sentence is: If you hit her back, it's only going to exacerbate things and start an all out brawl.
Eventually they will help, but for now the various road construction projects around town only exacerbate our traffic problems. Higher pollen counts will exacerbate breathing difficulty for those with allergies.
Don't exacerbate the problem by arguing back to your mother.
The word exacerbate sounds like this: ecks a sir bate. The a is a short vowel sound, like the a in man, plan etc.
His disrespect only served to acerbate the teacher.The criminal sought to acerbate the authorities by taunting them.(compare to exacerbate, meaning to make worse, as a situation )
The opposite of soothe is irritate, or possibly agitate, aggravate, or exacerbate.
Eventually they will help, but for now the various road construction projects around town only exacerbate our traffic problems. Higher pollen counts will exacerbate breathing difficulty for those with allergies.
Don't exacerbate the problem by arguing back to your mother.
I find it necessary to exacerbate my neighbor's day after watching his dog "do his business" on my lawn.
(to exacerbate means to make a problem worse) "Changes in the tax law will only exacerbate problems in capital investment." "The closure of one garage was expected to exacerbate parking woes at the airport." "The coming elections will likely exacerbate the conflicts within Congress."
The rainfall exacerbated the flood problem.
The word exacerbate sounds like this: ecks a sir bate. The a is a short vowel sound, like the a in man, plan etc.
His disrespect only served to acerbate the teacher.The criminal sought to acerbate the authorities by taunting them.(compare to exacerbate, meaning to make worse, as a situation )
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